Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of OsijekFACULTY OF FOOD TECHNOLOGY

Lower level organizational units

Department of Process EngineeringSub-department of Thermodynamics and Reaction Engineering

Place

Osijek

State

Croatia

Scientific field, discipline, subdiscipline

BIOTECHNICAL SCIENCESFood TechnologyEngineering

Study programme type

university

Study level

graduate

Study programme

Process Engineering

Academic title abbreviation

mag. ing. proc.

Genre

master's thesis

Language

Croatian

Defense date

2016-07-05

Parallel abstract (English)

Agro-waste, such as corn stover, is lignocellulose-type of material, mainly comprised of lignin, cellulose and hemicellulose. Prior the use in biofuel production (bioethanol and biogas) agro-waste should be pretreated with the aim of polymer degradation till its simple compounds. One of the ecologically friendly method is biological treatment. In this work, corn stover was biologically treated with white-rot fungus Trametes versicolor in solid-state cultivation with the aim of lignin degradation. Chemical composition of corn stover was analyzed (moisture, ash, protein, free fat, volatile substances, neutral and acid detergent fiber, lignin, cellulose, hemicellulose and pH) before, during and after the treatment. After 30 days of treatment, 43,37 % of lignin conversion was gained.